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INTESTINE CLEANER. No. 407,505. Patented July 23, 1889.

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Patented July 28, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILIIIAM BACIINICK, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

INTESTINE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,505, dated July 23, 1889.

Application {iled August 8, 1888. Serial No. 282,208. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM BAoHNIcK, of Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Intestine-Cleaners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a top view of my machine. Fig. II is a side view. Fig. III is a front view of one of the cleaning-brushes. Fig. IV is a rear view of one of the cleaning-brushes, also showing the protecting-shield. Fig. V is an end View of the reel. Fig. VI is a section taken in line VI VI, Fig. VII. Fig. VII is a top view of one of the cleaning-knives. Fig. VIII is a front view of one of the knife-cleaners. Fig. IX is a sect-ion taken on line IX IX, Fig. VIII. Fig. X is a section taken on line X X, Fig, III. Fig. XI is an enlarged longitudinal section of one of the cylinders el 5.

My invention relates to a device for cleaning thetallow from beef middle casings or entrails; and my invention consists in features lof novelty hereinafter fully described, and

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Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the frame, to which the various parts of the machine are attached.

2 3 4. 5 represent cylinders, which are supported on shafts 6 7 8 9. To each of the cylinders 2 and 3 are attached a series of knives 1() 11. (See Figs. I, II, VI, and VII.)

The brushing device carried by the shaft 8 is an exact duplicate of that carried bythe lower shaft 9, and therefore a description of As seen at Fig. XI, the cylinders I are arranged one at each end of the shafts 8 and they are headed or 'closed at their inner ends. The shaft passes through their centers and is keyed to each by means of a key 8X in the usual manner. These cylinders are provided at suitable intervals with peripheral slots 21, by means of which and the bolts 29, that pass through them, the frame 13 is adjustably secured to the cylinders. Each of these frames consists of two right-angle brackets, (see Figs. III and IV,) which have downward projections provided with notches 22, (see Fig. X,) and a bar or strip 13, at opcured, or the said brackets and bar may of course be formed integral. As shown in Fig. XI these brackets are arranged radially on the inner ends of the cylinders 4 with their outer arms, through which the bolts 2O pass, lying upon the peripheries of the cylinders, while their inner arms lie nat against the inner ends of the cylinders and are held in posite ends of which the said brackets are seplace by means of set-screws 19, resting in the l and the shield 15 are narrow strips 17 18, of

pasteboard or other like material, which permit deflection of the Ibrushes to a certain degree, and thereby render them less harsh and less liable to breakage. These brushes and the shields 15, as well as the pasteboard strips, are secured together and to the bars 13 by means of bolts 14, which pass through them and the bars; but the shields are provided with slots 16, through which the'bolts pass in order to permit radial adjustment of the shields.

It will be seen that when the nuts on the bolts 20 are loosened the frames 13 may be turned on the set-screws 19, and thus adjust the brushes 12 to the desired angle of inclination to the casing passing through thev machine.

To each of the shafts 6 7 is suspended a metal bar 23, which is provided with perforated bosses 23, through which the shaft passes and in which it is capable of revolving without causing the bar 23 to revolve with it. (See Figs. VIII and IX.) To one side of each of these bars 23 is secured by means of setscrews orbolts 24 a clamp 25, which may by the manipulation of the set-screws 24: be adjusted at various distances from said bar.

26 is arubber strip held in the clamp 25 and projecting slightly therefrom, so that as the knives 10 (or 11) on the cylinder 6 (or 7) go around with the cylinder and pass the rub- IOO ber the latter will brush them on their inner sides, and thus remove any particles that may adhere thereto.

The cylinders 2 are identical with the cylinders 4 and are similarly arranged on their shafts, and the cylinders 2 3 and the parts carried by them are identical in every respect. 'lhese bars 23, therefore, are located on the shaft G 7 between the ends of each of the cylinders 2 3, and hang downward, as before described, in order to bring the rubber brush 2G in contact with the sides of the knives.

26g- 27 are metal strips, which are held in clamps 27n and which extend across the machine in juxtaposition to and parallel with the cylinders 2 3 just outside of the paths of the knives l0 11, so that as the knives revolve with the cylinders and graze these strips the latter will scrape from them any particles of tallow, dmc., which may adhere to the knives, and thus the outsides of the latter are always kept clean. The upper clamps 27 l are appended to the main frame by hangers 27", while the lower ones are secured to one of the supporting-posts of the j ournal-box of the shaft 7 by means of nuts 27, as shown.

lo the rear of the machine is a sha-ft 23. To the inner end of the shaft 28 is secured a reel 29, (see Figs. I and V,) on which the casings are wound after they have passed through the cleaning-cylinders. The arms 30 of the reel are supported at their inner ends by means of links 3l. These links are hinged together and to the arms and hub of the reel, (see Fig. V,) so that when it is desired to remove the casings the inner ends of the arms are closed in toward the center of the reel, and thus permit the casing-s to be removed readily.

32 33 are strips placed across the machine for the purpose of supporting the casings.

3i is a roller for supporting the casings as they are being wound on the reel.

35 3G are shields, which fit over the top cylinders.

37 is a roller, over which the casings pass on their way to the knives.

33 is a door, through which the tallow is removed after it has been cleaned from the casings.

39 is the drive-belt.

40 is a loose pulley, and ll is a tight pulley, secured to the driving-shaft 42.

7.1.3 is a short belt, which connects the driving-shaft 42 with the shaft 23, to which the reel 29 is attached.

44 is a belt, which connects the drivin g-shaft with pulleys on the cylinders and causes them to revolve in the direction shown by the arrows in Fig. II. This belt also passes over a loose pulley 45 on the shaft 4U, that supports the feeding-roller 37.

47 is a drive-chain connecting the driveshaft with the feed-roller shaft, the' drive chain passing over a large sprocket-wheel 48, attached to the shaft 46, thus giving' a positive but slow motion to the feed-roller.

49 is a rod by which the driving-belt can be thrown from the loose pulley to the tight one, and Vice versa.

50 51 are braces which support the inner ends of the shaft-s on which the cylinders revolve.

52 is a plate which supports the easings as they leave the feed-roller.

The operation is as follows: A casing or entrail is passed over the roller 37, supporting-plate 55, and guide 32; thence between the cylinders 2 3, whose knives, as they revolve with the cylinders, cut the tallow from opposite sides of the casing; thence over the guide 33; thence between the cylinders 4 5, whose fine metallic brushes remove the finer particles of tallow that may have escaped the knives of the cylinders 2 3. It then passes over the roller 34, and it is attached to the reel 20, whereon it is wound. As the casing passes through, the knives and brushes remove all the tallow from it, and the tallow falls into an interior receptacle, from which it may be removed me the door 38.

I am aware that` machines have been invented for removing tallow from small casings or entrails; but they are not adapted to remove the tallow from middle casings or large entrails, for which my machine is especially adapted. Y

The cylinders 2 and 3 are provided with set-screws S0,which jam against thc backs of the knives l0 and Il, and by which the knives may be adjusted on the cylinders.

I claim as my inventionl. In a casing-cleaning machine, the combination of a pair of cylindcrshaving knives mounted thereon, a pair of cylinders having brushes mounted thereon, and means for revolving the cylinders, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a casing-cleaning machine, the combination of a pair of cylinders, knives mounted on the cylinders, a bar within each cylinder having a rubber strip attached thereto for cleaning the inside of the knives, and bars secured outside of the cylinders for the purpose of cleaning the outside of the knives, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a casing-cleaning machine, the combination of a feed-roller, a pair of cylinders having knives attached thereto, a pair of cylinders having brushes attached thereto, said brushes being made adjustable, a windingreel situated to the rear of the cylinders, and suitable means for driving said rcel, cylinders, and feed-roller, substantially as and for ,the purpose set forth.

4. In a casing-cleaning machine, the combination of the supporting-frame l, feedroller 37, cylinders 2 3, knives l0 ll, cleaners 26, 2G11?, and 27, supports 32, 33, and 34,

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cylinders 4 5, brushes 12, shield 15,-and reel 6. In a easing-cleaning machine, the com- 29, substantially as and for the purpose set bination of the cylinders, brushes 12, guards 1o forth. 15, frame 13, and strips 17 18, substantially 5. In a casing-cleaning machine, the como as and for the purpose set forth.

bination of the cylinder provided with clean- VILLIAM BACHNICK.

ing-brushes, guards 15 behind the brushes, In presence ofand strips between said guards and brushes, JAS. E. KNIGHT,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. C. T. KIMMEL. 

